Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Dramatis Personæ


Hello. I'm Jillachetti. I'm in charge here. Miss Artistic Director...






...Jill Writes--she seems to think that she runs the place. But she's not doing too good of a job. She confuses people. She lets this one...






...the one that babbles--take over indiscriminately. That's right. I said "indiscriminately". What, you think just because I'm not old enough for pre-school, I don't know big words? A lot you know. I know enough to realize that someone needs to set things straight around here. And our "fearless leader", trying to juggle the play and the poetry and the expository stuff, she confuses people. She is vague. She is ambiguous. She writes random posts directed at God-knows-who--



I'm not God.


What?


I said, I'm not God.


Well of course you're not God. You're a chick from a Renoir.


Well, yes, I'm that. But I also know who JillWrites writes about. You said "God-knows-who", but I know who. And I'm not God.


Oh really, Miss Smarty-Impressionist-Pants!


Muse will do. You can drop the "Miss."



Uh, wait. I thought he...




...was our muse.


He is.


Not so easy to keep it straight, now, is it?


I didn't hear any one talking to you.


I was. You're me, kiddo. You were confusing yourself. Thus, you were talking to me.



Us.


Us.


So you're our muse?


I'm the head muse. I found him.




Why does he get the iPod avatar?




Because.




That is so not an answer.




Well it's a better answer than--




You're bickering with a fictional character.




What do you expect when she acts like you?


I expect you to remember which one of us is which.




You can't even keep it straight. I bet if Damon and I were both standing--




Someone call me? Hey man, what's up?




Wow.




Ambiguity. Ambiguity is up.




What do you have to complain about? You know exactly what's going on here.




Wow.




What?




And now you're male bonding with a fictional character.




Wow.




He's not fictional. He's me. Sorta.




I didn't think it was possible for you both to be in the same place, but... Wow.




This is not the time!




Are you kidding? This is the only time. This is the hottest thing I've ever seen.




I would have to agree.




Of course you agree. You're the one that gets us into these messes.




I would hardly call a well-developed appreciation of the male form and the male aura a mess.




What would you call it, then?




I think I'm too young for this.




Limitless inspiration.




You rang?




OH




MY




GOD.




I thought you'd see it my way.



Avatars courtesy of:
"Limitless Inspiration": Flandrin's Young Nude Male
"Muse": Detail from Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party
"Damon": Detail from Tillmans' portrait of Moby

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33 Comments:

  • Nice Blog :)

    By Blogger Avarielle, At Tue May 09, 12:37:00 AM 2006  

  • How can you have a 'physicist' section of your blog roll and not have me on it?

    Oh. And you're apparently nuts.

    Love,

    Cash

    By Blogger Chief Scientist, At Tue May 09, 01:15:00 AM 2006  

  • There is no place for "apparently' in the above comment ~grin~

    So basically the inspiration for all Jill's writing is...men. ~lol~

    By Blogger Indiana, At Tue May 09, 01:16:00 AM 2006  

  • In the words of my Governor, "Dat vas a goood vwhaaaan."

    Between the i-pod and the damon/moby pic, I'm too assume you've been writing about a bald vegetarian all this time? This is almost as disappointing as the revelation that Alannis' song was about the guy from Full House.

    By Blogger Claven, At Tue May 09, 03:19:00 AM 2006  

  • Simply brilliant. How can I respond otherwise? You made me laugh on an otherwise unlaughable day. Thanks, Jill.

    By Blogger The Grunt, At Tue May 09, 03:36:00 AM 2006  

  • Hohoho.

    I wish we could see what goes on in the background!

    By Blogger Faltenin, At Tue May 09, 05:19:00 AM 2006  

  • This is way too funny!

    I see the young nude male bears a resemblance to the Moby photo. Damon's playlist talks to, er... Damon's inspiration. The various Jills babble just to confuse us. There's a bit of time travel and alternate reality.

    Or I've had a bit too much wine tonight...

    By Blogger ChickyBabe, At Tue May 09, 06:30:00 AM 2006  

  • I have no idea what all of that meant, but it was funny as hell and a really fun read. Thanks for the laugh to start the day.

    And Indiana? Freud could have told you the source of Jill's inspiration. In fact, I think he did.

    Fun stuff, Jill.

    By Blogger The Chronic Curmudgeon, At Tue May 09, 06:38:00 AM 2006  

  • I could say all kinds of stuff about the conversation (which was great!) but my favorite? HOW CUTE ARE YOU AS A CHILD??? Not that you're not beautiful now, but that picture? Is priceless.

    By Blogger Amber, At Tue May 09, 08:07:00 AM 2006  

  • I wish I had you around when I was taking my abnormal psych course in college. ;-)

    By Blogger kapgar, At Tue May 09, 09:17:00 AM 2006  

  • Totally amusing! Makes the voices in my head look easy to explain.

    By Blogger Croaker, At Tue May 09, 11:31:00 AM 2006  

  • Ahh, the many sides of Jill. The fantastic part is that I highly doubt we even saw a tenth of the many facets that are her, which is good, as each facet involves a fresh look.

    Plus, it porvides for great amusement.

    By Blogger -J, At Tue May 09, 11:33:00 AM 2006  

  • Jill Beckett...

    By Blogger Rocket Surgeon, Phd, At Tue May 09, 12:06:00 PM 2006  

  • How fun. And yes, how fresh. You constantly and consistently take us to new angles....thanks!

    By Blogger Meg, At Tue May 09, 12:47:00 PM 2006  

  • Thank you, Avarielle.

    Do you enjoy being on the blogrolls of crazy folk, Moderator? ;)

    Indy, I'd have thought you of all people wouldn't need a post like this to discover what motivated my writing. To paraphrase some crazy Aussie with an Italian-American girl fetish who commented on my blog once, that almost doesn't even deserve a reply. I'd have expected more of you!

    Claven, though the Alanis reference was pretty funny... no. I just found that particular pose, in nothing but the faded jeans, pretty sexy, and a good image of what attitude I want Damon to project. You can imagine whomever you find the most arousing. ;) Until, of course, you see the play. In which case you're stuck with whichever actor the director and I decide upon (assuming I'm not directing, in which case, all the Jills will sill need to come to some sort of consensus.)

    Very happy to make you laugh, Grunt!

    Interesting that you assume that there's even more in the background, Faltenin, but I think the most interesting stuff is actually what comes out in the writing. Well, lately, anyway.

    Hope the wine was enjoyable, CB, but you were still correct. If Moby wasn't going to take the jeans off, I had to find a guy willing to project a bit more... inspiration.

    No idea, CC? Let me know if you have specific questions, and I'll see if I can clarify. I'm thinking about making some of the Jill's characters in my play. It might help to hear questions. Glad I could make you laugh.

    Thanks, Amber!

    I'm a playwright, Kapgar. I converse with myself and call it art. Heh.

    Yep, Croaker. And I think the voices in my head still have more 'splainin' to do.

    Well thank you, -J. I'm not sure if these comprise than a tenth of the voices in my head. I should take an inventory as I did with the contents of my bag.

    Intriguing choice, Rocket Surgeon, but if I write a play in which the main character never comes, Damon is going to get mighty pissed at me.

    By Blogger Jill, At Tue May 09, 12:47:00 PM 2006  

  • Thanks, Meg!

    By Blogger Jill, At Tue May 09, 12:48:00 PM 2006  

  • I now have John Lennon's "Imagine" stuck in my head, but with the words slightly altered to reflect the people "living in Jill's head today. Ooowooohooo-oo!" I guess you could say that you're a dreamer. (crickets) But you seem to be a do-er as well. Which is good.

    By Blogger lil'bitty, At Tue May 09, 02:18:00 PM 2006  

  • Internal dialogues are so much more fun than monologues.

    By Blogger matt, At Tue May 09, 03:07:00 PM 2006  

  • Ladies in gentlemen we have just seen the randomness of Jill and enjoyed a her inner dialogue.

    very original idea. love it.

    By Blogger Sass, At Tue May 09, 03:11:00 PM 2006  

  • Have you and Chicky been exchanging brainwaves again?

    By Blogger Egan, At Tue May 09, 04:01:00 PM 2006  

  • Lil Bitty: And now I as well have strangely revised lyrics to "Imagine" running through my head. Good job.

    Really, Matt. Monologues get so lonely sometimes.

    Random it is, Sass.

    Hmmm... good question, Egan. We have, indeed, been sharing brainwaves, and I did find her recent creative usage of avatars to be inspirational, but I shall not blame her for my own inclination to converse with myself, and with people who are not actually present, and with people who are not actually real and therefore cannot actually be present.

    By Blogger Jill, At Tue May 09, 05:21:00 PM 2006  

  • I'm thanking my lucky stars I had dug through your archieves long before this post.

    I really, really, really want to see Damon's face.

    By Blogger Janet, At Tue May 09, 05:25:00 PM 2006  

  • Damon doesn't have a face. He exists only in my imagination. It should be known, however, that in my imagination he has incredibly deep eyes and a killer smile.

    By Blogger Jill, At Tue May 09, 05:51:00 PM 2006  

  • A man once said, early in the day, "That was fun. I'm smiling ear to ear." I thought that man was me, but apparently it wasn't. I am the man that said it late in the day.

    By Anonymous peefer, At Tue May 09, 08:08:00 PM 2006  

  • Would that have been due to the fact that Blogger was... uh... cranky this morning?

    By Blogger Jill, At Tue May 09, 09:55:00 PM 2006  

  • Genius. As usual.

    By Blogger Cheryl, At Tue May 09, 09:59:00 PM 2006  

  • totally creative and totally funny. I love the word totally.

    By Blogger Cheetarah1980, At Wed May 10, 12:45:00 PM 2006  

  • My scrollwheel on my mouse broke on this post.

    By Blogger Egan, At Wed May 10, 02:19:00 PM 2006  

  • You're so sweet, Cheryl.

    Cheetarah: TOTALLY!

    Sorry, Egan. I told you to be more gentle with the fingers.

    By Blogger Jill, At Wed May 10, 02:32:00 PM 2006  

  • freakin brilliant.

    what a great way to work a dialogue out.

    i think i am going to rip off your idea.

    dialogue is always so hard for me.

    By Blogger Daniel, At Wed May 10, 09:07:00 PM 2006  

  • Thanks, Daniel. Feel free to use the idea. Have fun!

    By Blogger Jill, At Thu May 11, 02:02:00 PM 2006  

  • Briliant.

    By Blogger Legabal, At Sat May 13, 11:13:00 PM 2006  

  • Thanks!

    By Blogger Jill, At Mon May 15, 08:43:00 PM 2006  

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